# Zest Equity

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/zest-equity

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Website: www.zestequity.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $3.8M
- Latest round: Seed (Oct 10, 2023)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in Dubai, UAE, and founded in 2021, Zest Technologies DIFC Ltd, doing business as Zest Equity, provides a financial technology platform that modernizes private market transactions. The company was founded by Rawan Baddour and Zuhair Shamma. The company offers a digital infrastructure that provides turnkey investment solutions to investors as well as facilitates private market transactions. In April 2025, Zest Equity raised USD 4.3 million in pre-series A funding led by Prosus Ventures, with participation from Morgan Stanley Inclusive Ventures Lab. The company plans to use the April 2024 funding to presence growth in Saudi Arabia and UAE, talent acquisition, product development, and technology infrastructure scale.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Oct 10, 2023, $3.8M — Middle East Venture Partners, DASH Ventures, Dubai Future District Fund

## Investors

- Middle East Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/middle-east-venture-partners) — Seed
- DASH Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dash-ventures) — Seed
- Dubai Future District Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dubai-future-district-fund) — Seed